chromium can't encrypt saved passwords
Bug #585234 reported by
Brian May
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| Chromium Browser |
Unknown
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Unknown
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| chromium-browser (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: chromium-browser
See:
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Apparently there are hooks to do the encryption, but they haven't been implemented on Linux.
I consider this a security issue, as users have come to expect passwords will be encrypted through other browsers such as Firefox. If a computer is stolen, the thief can get unlimited access to all passwords just by booting up onto a live CD.
I have confirmed this with chromium-browser 5.0.342.
Brian May
| visibility: | private → public |
| Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| summary: |
- chromium doesn't encrypt passwords + chromium can't encrypt passwords |
| summary: |
- chromium can't encrypt passwords + chromium can't encrypt saved passwords |
Revision history for this message
| Evan Martin (Chromium) (evan-chromium) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Chad Miller (cmiller) |
Revision history for this message
| Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
| assignee: | Chad Miller (cmiller) → nobody |
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FWIW, we're very close to landing the gnome keyring (and the KDE equiv) support.